Exploring Urban Landscape Sustainability
A special issue of Land (ISSN 2073-445X). This special issue belongs to the section "Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 September 2023) | Viewed by 3888
Special Issue Editors
Interests: ecosystem services; land use change; climate change
Interests: ecosystem services; interaction between vegetation and climate
Interests: urban landscape sustainability; landscape ecology; ecosystem services
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Landscape sustainability is defined as the capacity of a landscape to consistently provide long-term, landscape-specific ecosystem services essential for maintaining and improving human well-being. Cities are the primary environments for human activity, with more than half of the world's population living in urban areas. However, the urban landscape faces a unique set of challenges in achieving sustainability, including rapid population growth, urbanization, climate change, and resource depletion. Therefore, understanding how to achieve urban landscape sustainability is essential for ensuring the long-term well-being of urban communities, which requires a multifaceted and collaborative approach that involves various stakeholders, including policymakers, urban planners, residents, and businesses.
Therefore, by confronting the challenges and opportunities associated with advancing urban landscape sustainability, the aim of this Special Issue is to collect articles (original research papers, review articles, and case studies) that are insightful and examine the theory and technology behind urban landscape sustainability. We cordially invite colleagues to submit their valuable manuscripts to this Special Issue.
This Special Issue will welcome manuscripts that link the following themes:
- Landscape sustainability;
- Landscape design;
- Urban ecosystem services;
- Human well-being;
- Ecosystem service flow;
- Ecosystem service risk;
- Sustainability assessment.
We look forward to receiving your original research articles and reviews.
Prof. Dr. Jing Li
Dr. Xianfeng Liu
Dr. Da Zhang
Dr. Qiang Ren
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- landscape sustainability
- land use change
- climate change
- urban landscape
- trade-offs between multiple ecosystem services
- ecosystem service flow
- payment for ecosystem services
- human well-being
- sustainability assessment.
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